Sun butterSun butter and bananasun butter and a wee sprinkle of chocolate chipsalmond butter and banana (DUDE I AM OUT OF SUNBUTTER)apples and cinnamon

With rolled oats I don't even cook them, just heat the almond milk so I can melt the sun butter in it and defrost frozen banana. Add oats and by the time I get to work the soaking has softened them! Am I weird?

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Pi. wrote:

I should start eating oatmeal again, the economical aspect of it is appealing to me.

That's one of my favorite aspects. I can get a huge container of organic oats for about $2-$3 and the container can last me at least half a month, closer to a whole month. I think oatmeal is just a win/win/win situation.

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Am I weird?

Well, you are a spork.

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Shredded apple cooked in with the oats; sprinkle of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cardamom, cloves; brown sugar, maple, or agave if I want it sweeter; chopped pecans, walnuts, almond slivers, nut butter stirred in, or ground flax sprinkled on top; maybe some soy milk poured over, or cook with soy milk instead of water; dried fruits such as raisins, chopped figs, chopped apricots, craisins, dried cherries. I love my bowl of oatmeal and cup of coffee or tea on a winter morning. Almost worth getting out of bed for. Rarely, if it's a really bad morning, I'll stir chocolate chips into my oatmeal and let them get all melty. Also stir in some nut butter and a little brown sugar or maple syrup and getting out of bed starts to seem bearable. This also makes a quick and easy dessert like item on evenings when i want something sweet and gooey and warm, but don't want to take the time and energy to bake.

I add a little earth balance to my oatmeal, too, and usually a dash of almond or soy milk. Vanilla extract seems to make its way into my oatmeal no matter else I put in it. I HATE nuts in my oatmeal...the crunch and texture just put me off...ruins it completely for me. Then again, I also don't think nuts belong in deserts and, with a few exceptions, I generally don't like to eat them plain in their whole form either (ground up in something or all creamy is awesome, though)...but I digress. This isn't a nut thread.

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What is ginger syrup? Just syrup made out of ginger?

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Usually, I don't do anything special with my oatmeal, but I've been known to make gingerbread oatmeal with molasses or brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and allspice. And one time at work, I found an orange spice tea bag that was fair game, made a cup, then used the tea as oatmeal cooking liquid. A little sugar, and it was one of the best things ever.

Usually, I don't do anything special with my oatmeal, but I've been known to make gingerbread oatmeal with molasses or brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and allspice. And one time at work, I found an orange spice tea bag that was fair game, made a cup, then used the tea as oatmeal cooking liquid. A little sugar, and it was one of the best things ever.

You know who is going to be trying gingerbread oatmeal tomorrow? This kid! Yea! I don't know if I have allspice, but I have everything else. Gingerbread, gingerbread, fa la la la gingerbread.

I get so excited about oatmeal!!

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I usually just use diced, slightly cooked apples, cinnamon and a little raw sugar with water. A few weeks ago I was feeling frisky so I added Silk Very Vanilla in place of water but the cinnamon, sugar and apples. It tasted like cupcake batter. It was amazing.

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This thread is making me so hungry -- I love oatmeal! My mainstays are banana, some sort of nuts or pumpkin seeds, ground flax, almond milk. The past couple of weekends I've made pumpkin spice oatmeal with pumpkin puree, raisins, cranberries and spices. Gingerbread oatmeal sounds like a great idea, especially since I have a new bottle of molasses.

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Thank you! I forgot all about muesli!

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I'm so jealous of you who have access to chia seeds and peanut flour.

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Oatmeal is seriously my favorite food in the world. My go-to variety is cooked with molasses and topped with crushed flax seeds. If I want it super rich and creamy, I use non-dairy milk (usually almond, but coconut is good too).

Good combos:Cut up banana, cinnamon, and a dollop of peanut butterCook it with a little bit of pumpkin and pie pie spice. Top with maple syrup. Cook with mashed up banana for a nice sweet oatmealMy fave right now: cook in almond milk with chopped up apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger = apple pie! If you have any stale cookies, they are always great in oatmeal fyi...

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ndpittman wrote:

amethyst wrote:

Usually, I don't do anything special with my oatmeal, but I've been known to make gingerbread oatmeal with molasses or brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and allspice. And one time at work, I found an orange spice tea bag that was fair game, made a cup, then used the tea as oatmeal cooking liquid. A little sugar, and it was one of the best things ever.

You know who is going to be trying gingerbread oatmeal tomorrow? This kid! Yea! I don't know if I have allspice, but I have everything else. Gingerbread, gingerbread, fa la la la gingerbread.

Usually, I don't do anything special with my oatmeal, but I've been known to make gingerbread oatmeal with molasses or brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and allspice. And one time at work, I found an orange spice tea bag that was fair game, made a cup, then used the tea as oatmeal cooking liquid. A little sugar, and it was one of the best things ever.

You know who is going to be trying gingerbread oatmeal tomorrow? This kid! Yea! I don't know if I have allspice, but I have everything else. Gingerbread, gingerbread, fa la la la gingerbread.

I get so excited about oatmeal!!

A tiny bit of cloves might work too...I just like allspice better!

I was thinking about adding cloves, but I ended up going with pumpkin pie spice and then adding a bit more ginger on top of that. I'm going to pick up some all spice though. (I also added chocolate chips!)

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